The Support App for Parents of Children with ADHD or Autism
Thriive helps children grow up feeling understood, not broken.
Everyday support for families navigating ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergent profiles. Track the patterns, find strategies that actually fit, and feel one step ahead on the hard days.
What changes for parents of neurodivergent children
Without Thriive
- Growing up believing they're broken
- Falling behind and never understanding why
- Slipping through the cracks of a system not built for them
- Families feeling helpless watching it happen
With Thriive
- A child who understands how their brain works
- Parents who can advocate with confidence
- Strategies that actually fit, not generic advice
- A family that feels like a team
How Thriive supports parents of children with ADHD and autism
- Pattern Tracker: Log a tough moment in 30 seconds. Thriive surfaces the patterns behind ADHD and autism behaviours, so you can spot the triggers and respond earlier.
- Strategy Library: Real strategies for ADHD and autism, matched to your child's profile. Not generic advice.
- Visual Routine Builder: Step-by-step routines for the moments that usually go sideways. Mornings, bedtime, homework.
- Daily Check-ins: A 30-second mood check that builds a picture of how your child is really doing over time.
- Shareable Reports: Take real evidence to your GP, school, or therapist when it matters.
- The Hive: A community of parents who actually get it.
How Thriive helps parents, and how it helps their children
For parents
Understand your child like never before. Advocate with confidence. Stop feeling like you're figuring it out alone.
For children
Feel seen. Understand how your own brain works. Build a profile that's yours.
Neurodivergent conditions Thriive supports
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Bedtime Visual Schedule
Bedtime turns into a battle of stalling, negotiations, and reasons to stay up just a little longer
Steps
- Create a visual sequence: bath → pyjamas → teeth → story → bed
- Display at child's eye level in the bathroom/bedroom
- Let them 'lead' the routine by following the pictures
- Include a special final step they look forward to (story choice, 5 min cuddle)
What you need
Visual schedule (printed or on device), consistent routine
Why it works
Children with ADHD and Autism thrive on predictability. A visual bedtime schedule removes the ambiguity that fuels stalling and negotiation. When 'the schedule is the boss', it takes the battle out of the parent-child dynamic and makes bedtime feel collaborative rather than confrontational.
Age guidance
Works best for ages 3-9. Older children may prefer a written checklist they manage themselves.
Real-world example
Parents often find that the 'special final step' is the magic ingredient. One child insisted on choosing the next morning's socks as the last step before lights out — it gave them something to look forward to and a sense of control over the transition.
Troubleshooting
- If they resist one step, offer a choice within it: 'Red pyjamas or blue?'
- Avoid 'just one more' requests. The schedule is the boss!
